Covid ‘war zone’ has left medical interns tired and undertrained: study

With the advent of the pandemic, the training manual went out the window and interns were left to sink or swim

06 February 2022 - 17:33 By SIPOKAZI FOKAZI

When Amanda joined one of SA’s large public hospitals as a medical intern in 2020, she had no idea she would soon be working in a “war zone” as the Covid pandemic took hold...

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